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Seeing that the time was almost up, Xu Liang walked onto the podium in the center.

As the focus of everyone's attention, seeing him like this, the people who were originally chatting and laughing with each other also unconsciously quieted down.

Feeling everyone's eyes, Xu Liang smiled.

"Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend the dinner hosted by Hanhua today, thank you."

Wow...

I don't know who started it first, but continuous applause broke out.

After a moment, Xu Liang continued.

"Hanhua has been established for nearly six years since 2000.

In the past six years, we have obtained rich returns for all users who invested in Hanhua.

The total profit of Pacific Fund exceeded 260 billion US dollars (before tax and dividends).

The total profit of Qinglong Fund exceeded 140 billion US dollars (before tax and dividends).

In the past six years, Hanhua has obtained a total income of 500 billion US dollars.

Supported by good performance, we have also developed from China to a super-large financial group with business in 37 countries around the world and more than 190 billion US dollars in managed funds."

Looking at the shocked, excited and greedy eyes in the audience, Xu Liang continued with a smile.

"Now, in order to better serve French investors and to provide more and more French customers with superior financial services and excellent returns on funds.

Hanhua has decided to upgrade the Paris office to 'Hanhua Paris Office'."

After receiving his eyes, Michel Copa, who had been standing in the audience, hurriedly walked up.

"I solemnly introduce to you, this is Mr. Michel Copa, the future head of Hanhua Paris Office."

Wow....

With applause, Michelle, with excitement in his eyes, quickly said according to the plan made before.

"Hello everyone, I am Michelle Copa, a Parisian who grew up in Paris. I am honored to join Hanhua and become the head of Hanhua Paris Office.

I am also very grateful to BOOS for trusting me and giving me this opportunity.

I will do my best to make more and more profits for the company and for the clients who trust Hanhua and Hanhua Paris Office, just like countless excellent colleagues in Hanhua.

At the same time, taking this opportunity today, I would also like to briefly introduce the business of Hanhua Paris Office to everyone.

In addition to the original investment consulting and business consulting, Hanhua will set up two funds.

Hanhua Paris No. 1 Venture Capital Fund, raising 100 million euros, focuses on high-tech and the Internet as the main investment direction.

Hanhua Paris No. 2 Private Equity Fund, raising 2 billion euros, focuses on high-growth corporate bonds and equity investments."

As Hanhua carries out a flattened, office-based management structure reform.

The venture capital fund of funds ‘Mars’, Xuanwu Asia Fund, Suzaku Europe Fund, White Tiger America Fund, Qilin Huaxia Fund, etc. have been gradually cancelled.

It has become a serial fund mainly based on offices.

For example: Hong Kong No. 1 Venture Capital Fund, Hong Kong No. 2 Private Equity Fund; Singapore No. 1 Private Equity Fund, Singapore No. 2 Private Equity Fund, Singapore No. 3 Venture Capital Fund, etc.

In the future, new venture capital funds and private equity funds, or sunshine funds, will be established.

They will be named with 1, 2, 3, 4 plus the specific office name, and so on.

A single office, even with the sunshine fund, will have at most a dozen funds.

It is enough to name it with a serial number, and there is no need to make it too complicated.

The investment scope of each fund is limited to the business scope defined by the major offices.

For example, the French office can only invest in European French-speaking countries, Italy, and African French-speaking countries.

The Singapore office can only invest in seven countries in the Indochina Peninsula, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar.

In the future, Hanhua will only retain three independent global fund brands.

Xu Liang is in charge of Qinglong Fund and Pacific Fund, while Sun Zhenping, Jiang Ping and Zhong Lifang are in charge of Indian Ocean Fund.

Except Qinglong Fund is a private equity fund, Pacific Fund and Indian Ocean Fund are hedge funds.

In order to limit risks.

Hanhua's independent offices are not allowed to be involved in hedge fund business, and private equity business is not allowed to use more than 3 times leverage.

In this way, even if the heads of the major independent offices have increased power and have independent investment decision-making power, investment efficiency and accuracy will be greatly improved.

Once an investment error occurs, there will not be too much loss.

Real high-risk investments will all be directly under the jurisdiction of the head office.

Although such a strategy will affect the income of the major offices, Xu Liang wants stability more.

High-risk investments are destined not to become mainstream.

And in the future, as the memory of the past life in the mind becomes less and less, the Pacific Fund and the Indian Ocean Fund will also merge.

Leverage will also become lower and lower.

"Welcome gentlemen and ladies to invest in our Paris office's funds. We will provide you with satisfactory returns with our dedicated service and excellent investment capabilities.

Thank you."

Michelle Koch bowed gracefully.

The audience also gave applause.

Xu Liang took the microphone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, to celebrate the establishment of Hanhua Paris Office, our Hanhua Pacific Fund has taken out $1 billion of Phase II fund shares, which will be distributed to the 30 investors with the largest investment in Hanhua Paris Office."

Everyone's eyes lit up instantly.

They don't care much about Hanhua Paris Office, after all, it is newly established, and Michel Koppa's investment ability has never been verified.

But Hanhua Pacific Fund is different.

In 2002, it shorted Enron and went long on US military stocks; in 2003, it went long on oil, in 2004, it went long on soybeans, and in 2005, it went long on mining and US subprime bonds, making a lot of money.

Investors who got on the train early made a lot of money with Hanhua, and everyone who knew about it envied it.

Unfortunately, Hanhua Pacific Fund is too popular, and the shares released are very limited.

Even if they are willing to invest money, they can't find the way.

Now there is a sudden opportunity and no one wants to miss it.

"Mr. Xu, are you really willing to give up your shares in the Pacific Fund?"

"Of course."

"Mr. Xu, we all know that the Pacific Phase II Fund has been blocked, so there should be no shares now, right?"

"Haha, in order to open up new markets, we have deliberately reserved a portion of the shares. So don't doubt what I, the CEO of Hanhua, say."

"Mr. Xu, with so many of us here, isn't a share of $1 billion too little?"

"Yes. With so many of us, a share of $10 billion is about right."

Looking at the greedy eyes, Xu Liang smiled.

As a business veteran, he certainly understands the principle of hunger marketing.

A small share is precious.

It shows his sincerity.

It makes the people he wants to win over contribute.

Pave the way for the next acquisition of Vivendi.

Waving his hand down, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"The shares of the Pacific Fund released by Hanhua this time are only to pave the way for the establishment of Hanhua's Paris office. There is no intention to raise funds.

So the shares are not many.

But I promise you that when Qinglong Fund, Pacific Fund, and Indian Ocean Fund raise new funds in the future, you will definitely be given priority."

After comforting everyone, Xu Liang walked down from the stage.

The bait has been spread out, and the next step is to wait for the fish to bite the hook.

At nine o'clock in the evening, it was time to end the cocktail party.

Xu Liang sent everyone away one by one.

"Dear, why do you want to give these people $1 billion of Pacific Fund shares? Wouldn't it be better to use it to smooth over those who can really decide the success or failure of our acquisition of Vivendi?" Christina asked.

Xu Liang took her jade hand and put it to his mouth and kissed it.

"We should consider everything when doing things, and not just look at the present.

If we, the Xu family, want to establish a foothold in France, we must first eliminate the hostility of the locals.

This $1 billion investment is the "bribe" we pay.

We are not asking them to help us complete the Vivendi deal, but to ask them not to make trouble when we acquire it, or even in the future development of Vivendi."

Christina suddenly understood.

"My dear, you are still amazing."

Xu Liang smiled.

No matter where you are, there is xenophobia. Even if they belong to the same country, first-tier cities look down on second-tier cities, the east looks down on the west, and cities look down on rural areas.

Specific to different countries, this kind of exclusion will be stronger.

There is no way to eliminate it in a short time.

In order to prevent this exclusion from evolving into hostility, the best way is to spend money.

This $1 billion amount is the money for arranging things.

The senior officials of the French government and the top 30 business giants are the ones he wants to deal with.

After taking them down, the rest will not matter.

Lv Hui walked over.

"Mr. Xu, Mr. de Villepin is waiting for you in room 309."

"I'll go right away."

Put down Christina's jade hand.

"You go back first."

"Do you want me to go with you?"

"No, it's not time for you to show up yet."

Christina nodded, but didn't force it.

Xu Liang came to room 309 of the hotel, which is a luxury suite.

After being checked by the bodyguards, he met Dominique de Villepin again.

"Mr. Prime Minister."

"Mr. Xu invited me here again, is there something?"

Xu Liang nodded and sat down.

"Mr. Prime Minister, we still have some shares in the Hanhua Pacific Fund. Do you need them?"

Dominique de Villepin smiled and said, "The Hanhua Pacific Fund is the world's most famous hedge investment fund, which can get more than double the return every year.

If there is a chance, I think no one in the world will refuse it.

But at the previous banquet, didn't Mr. Xu say that he would leave the 1 billion US dollars share to the top 30 investors with the most investment in the Paris office?

Why is he giving it to me again this time?

I am just an ordinary politician. I can't afford to invest much money in the funds under the Hanhua Paris Office, let alone enter the top 30."

Xu Liang smiled and said, "Mr. Prime Minister misunderstood.

The 1 billion US dollars share is given to investors in the Paris office, and the shares I gave to Mr. Prime Minister are specially reserved."

"Oh?"

"I have a share of 10 million euros here. I wonder if Mr. Prime Minister can take it?"

Dominique de Villepin's eyes lit up.

What a big deal.

10 million euros, according to the profit level of the Hanhua Pacific Fund, can become 20 million or even more in a year.

He has been in politics for so many years but has never made so much money.

"I have always heard that Mr. Xu is generous, and today I finally saw it."

"I have always been very generous to my friends." Xu Liang emphasized the word 'friend'.

Dominique de Villepin smiled and said: "I always like to make friends, especially friends who are warm and generous like Mr. Xu."

The two looked at each other, smiled at each other, and reached a tacit understanding with each other.

Xu Liang smiled and took out a piece of information.

"This is the registration information of Christina Investment Company. Mr. Prime Minister, please take a look."

Dominique de Villepin took it and took a look.

After noticing Christina's 60% shareholding, there was a hint of surprise in her eyes.

He originally thought that this woman was just a cover introduced by Xu Liang to reduce the obstacles to acquisition, but he didn't expect that she would actually occupy a dominant position?

Is he stupid to pay such a high price for a woman?

He quickly gave up the idea.

Judging from the information he got about Xu Liang, it was obvious that he was not someone who loved beauty but not the country, nor was he a fool.

The reason for this is that there may be other agreements secretly made to make this woman obedient.

But no matter what, with this agreement, the acquisition of Vivendi has indeed reduced many obstacles.

"Mr. Xu is indeed very courageous."

"Thank you. I always abide by laws and regulations in business, and I make money by being friendly."

De Villepin did not believe this at all.

These days, few can make it big if they abide by the law.

But it doesn't matter, as long as he makes sure he can get his share.

"France always welcomes law-abiding entrepreneurs like Mr. Xu to invest in France."

"Mr. Prime Minister was wrong. It was Ms. Christina who invested. I only provided certain help."

"Yes, Ms. Christina is an excellent French citizen. The government and I welcome her to return to the country to invest." De Villepin changed his words smoothly.

Xu Liang smiled and took out a document and handed it over.

"This is an investment agreement of 10 million euros. As long as Mr. Prime Minister or your family members sign their names, these shares will be yours."

De Villepin picked up the contract and read it.

After a while.

"Mr. Xu, 10 million euros is not a small amount. I need time to raise money."

"Of course. This contract is valid for one month."

De Villepin nodded.

Within a month, I would definitely be able to raise enough money.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you can't raise enough money for a while. As a friend, I can lend part of it to Mr. Prime Minister privately."

De Villepin's eyes lit up.

"real?"

"certainly."

Xu Liang nodded affirmatively.

What he wants is political convenience from De Villepin, not how much money he can spend.

"Haha, Mr. Xu is really a good friend."

Xu Liang also had a smile on his face.

For a while, the two chatted happily.

After seeing off De Villepin, Xu Liang met with some high-level officials in the French government in the next few days.

Without exception, everyone showed their love for money and their admiration for the high rate of return of Hanhua Pacific Fund.